Inquiry: Our Stories - The stories of Tangaroa and Tāwhirimatea

Through our inquiry 'Our Stories'  we will learn about whakapapa. Whakapapa is a Māori concept that helps us to make connections between our past, our environment and who we are today. We have been learning our pepeha (our family whakapapa) and have also begun to learn about the whakapapa of Te Ao Māori (the Māori world). Māori whakapapa begins with the story of Ranginui, Papatūanuku and their children. 

You can watch the story of Ranginui and Papatūanuku here:

This week we learned about two of Rangi and Papa's children: Tangaroa (the guardian or the ocean) and Tāwhirimatea (the guardian of the wind). We made windmills to connect to Tāwhirimatea who will make our windmills move outside, and we also went to the beach to learn about the story of Tangaroa. 

We did a quick beach clean-up to show how we can be kaitiaki of Tangaroa's children (all the sea creatures) then had some fun creating some art inspired by them. You might spot some whales, octopi and fish!